Economy & Business

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 January 2026: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has welcomed the overwhelming passage by the United States House of Representatives of a three-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The Chairperson commends the bipartisan support demonstrated by Members of [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 January 2026: Many in Sierra Leone have expressed dismay, following the release of the country’s 2024 Auditor General’ Report, which shows that one of the key institutions they anticipated would be implicated in the embezzlement of public funds – the Office of the President, was not [Read More]

Mahmud Tim Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 January 2026: At first reading, Sierra Leone’s 2025 National Budget presents itself as an instrument of compassion. Framed around improving the wellbeing and quality of life of citizens, it adopts the language of inclusion, social protection, food security and human capital development. It [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 January 2026: Yesterday, Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr launched the Freetown Urban Green Design Competition, an initiative designed to generate innovative, practical, and climate-resilient solutions that introduce more greenery into Freetown’s Central Business District. The competition forms part of the city’s broader urban regeneration efforts under the [Read More]

African Energy Week: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 January 2026: Africa’s major pipeline projects hold transformative potential, but financing, technical and regulatory hurdles continue to shape their pace and impact. While Africa possesses vast hydrocarbon resources, decades of underdeveloped infrastructure continue to limit the economic potential of its oil and gas [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 December 2025: On Saturday, 20 December 2025, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, accompanied by councillors and staff of the Freetown City Council (FCC), toured six project sites implemented by grantees of the Bloomberg Youth Climate Action Fund. The visit showcased innovative, youth-led initiatives aimed at addressing the [Read More]

John Pa Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 December 2025: The dirty secret of development is that it is never neutral, and it is never painless. Every serious attempt at national transformation threatens someone’s power, privilege, or access to resources. That is why development so often stalls, not for lack [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 December 2025: Côte d’Ivoire has taken an additional important step toward guaranteeing access to clean water with the inauguration of the urban water supply system for the Sub-Prefecture of Galébré. This is one of the first systems completed under the country’s national Water for All (Eau [Read More]

John Pa Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 December 2025: In presenting the 2026 Budget Statement to Parliament, the Minister of Finance described it as a “pro-poor and pro-people budget”. As a citizen, I reviewed the statement, guided both by the promises made and by the realities of our recent [Read More]